Re: Questions about EPEL Distribution

From: Thorsten Leemhuis <fedora leemhuis info>

To: EPEL development disccusion <epel-devel-list redhat com>

Subject: Re: Questions about EPEL Distribution

Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:54:33 +0100

On 02.11.2007 16:18, Patrice Dumas wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 03:15:07PM +0000, Mark McLoughlin wrote:
>> What I'm suggesting for EPEL is more like a Fedora Extras ISO in the
>> pre-merged world, then ...
> I remember that somebody did that at one point, but I don't remember who
> and how.
Likely via the "install additional media" in firstboot, which afaik
could be used for this.
But well, lots of EPEL packages require parts of the core-os (EL in this
case) -- those are not available easily at that point for if user if he
didn't yet register his system on RHN.
CU
thl